The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-04

Jrotter House. 60 j. Il. Kemp and wife
and Mrs. NJ. G. Dickey and daughter are in
Boston this week.
Orange.
THERE were four applicants for certif-
Gates at the public examination last Satur-
day. - On account of the bad travelling
the schools will not commence until one
week later than was intended. - Sugar
ing is over for this year. Most of the farm
ers have gathered their buckets.
North Randolph.
Mr.. NEWTON has moved on to the Dana
Smith place 60 Will HYDE has moved
into j. c. Huntingtons house. - Dix
Camp has put in a cistern, and also Buckeye
force-pump which will throw water over all
his buildings. 60 Young's store is closed.
60 Ned Bruce was in town last week
getting evidence in regard to his pension
claim. u G. Huntington is putting
down some drain tiling on his farm.
Stranord.
THE funeral of Mrs. Lucia Sanborn who
was born in this town in November, 1899,
was held this week Monday. She was the
widow of William Sanborn and sister of
Hon. Royal Hatch, two of our most promi-
nent citizens a generation ago. Mrs. San
born was worthy and intelligent woman,
sympathetic, helpful neighbor and de-
voted Christian. Only one of her children
survives her-Hon. William II. Sanborn Of
Greenfield, Mass.-who, with his wife, was
present at the funeral. - Rev. j. S.
Staples, pastor of the Freewil Baptist
church at South STAFFORD the past four
years, removes this week to Compton, p.
O., to assume charge of a church at that
place. Mr.. Staples leaves behind him many
warm friends. He has always been ready
to lend helping hand in every movement
to advance the moral and intellectual i'm
provement of our people, has been devoted
to the interests of the common schools and
was foremost in temperance work. He is to
be succeeded by Rev. j. ID. Waldron, during
whose ministry here, about twenty years
ago, there was great revival - Owing
to the lateness of the season our schools
commence week later than usual An
gle Bradbury teaches at the Center. The
district has voted to take out the od-Style
seats from its school-house and replace them
with the iron-framed automatic seats. Miss
Minnie Bartlett is employed at the South
village, where she has taught so many terms:
Cora Adams teaches at Copperas Hill and
Estella White on Kibling Hill.
West Topsham.
SCHOOL commences next Monday, with
Melvin Pratt as teacher. Mr.. Pratt has
taught the school here for the past year,
giving good satisfaction, and has been hired
for the year to come. - DIR. Watson has
been quite i'll for the past three weeks, but
is now slowly improving. - Smith &
Tubbs have sold the most of the carload of
horses they purchased in Boston few
weeks ago and now intend to get another
lot soon. - Those who tapped their
sugar-orchards have made about the usual
quantity OF sugar. - Elder Reynolds
has been returned here by the Vermont
Conference for another year. He has moved
from East Topsham to Waits River. -
Fred Collins recently cut his foot badly.
DR.. Watson dressed the wound and he is
getting along finely.
Tunbridge.
REV. Mr.. HUBBARD was the only speaker
at the Grant memorial meeting held here
last week Wednesday evening. Rev. Mr..
Hurd was unable to be present. Rev. Mr..
Hubbard's address was a very fine one.
- A large bowlder has fallen into the
road running past Amos Cushman's, and
this, with some deep gullies, make that road
nearly impossible. - Nearly all of the
large pile of timber that was piled near the
Gallup building has been stolen and burned.
- Miss V. l.. Farnham, superintend-
ent of schools, gives the following list of
teachers who are to teach in this town: In
district No 1, j essie Griffith; No. 3, Abbie
Wells; No. 4, Hattie Farnham; No. 8, Berta
Eastman; No. g. Martha Noyes No. 10,
Carrie Goodale; No. II, Gertie Leisure; No.
II, Ann Howe; No. 10, Stella Rumrill No.
A. Flora Smith; No. 10, Lizzie Hayward
No. Is, Jessie Mudgett; No. II, Ella M.
Vim l.. Farnham. - The war drama,
Broken Fetters," is to be played here next
week - The dailies say pensions have
been granted to Dexter Larkin, Nathan
Underwood and George w. Flanders of
this town. - The Good Templars have
elected officers for the ensuing quarter as
follows: Rev. &. E. Hurd, w. G. T.; Mrs.
C. E. Hurd, w. V. T.. Clinton Buzzell, w.
s.; Robert Smith, w. F. S.. Mrs. Ellen
Foss, w. T.; Edwin Slack, w. NJ; Lizzie
Morse, /. g.. II. M. Smith, sentinel. Installa-
ton of officers next Friday evening. -
Grace Gay has engaged to teach in Ran
dolph this season. - Mrs. c. B. Cush-
man and her son Percy returned to Meriden
last week Wednesday. - Rev. Mr.. Drew
is gaining in health quite rapidly.
West Fairlee.
TEACHERS examination came off last
Saturday. Several young ladies were pres
ent, but Clara Jenkins was the only one who
received a certificate. She teaches in
Middle brook district. School in this dis
trict has been in session three weeks, with
| two teachers, one of whom has a certificate
for five years and the other a beginner
| Some who were examined did not intend to
teach, but went in as scholars for the benefit
of it, which is good thing to do.
Williamstown.
JAMES DELANo, a native of this place and
a son of our ex-townsman, the late Mr.
Isaac Deano of Galesburg, H., died sud
denly, week before last, in Washington
! ID. c., where he had been living for quite 8
number of years He had been holding al
important Office in one of the governmental
departments, which we believe was takeI
from him by the present administration. He
left a wife, son and daughter and grand
children. He was the last of his father,
family. He was between fifty and sixty
years of age. - Miss Nellie Williams il
to teach the summer term of school in the
Rodney Seaver district. 80 Rev. Harvey
Webster seems to have proved very fortu
nate in the purchase, last year, of the Asa
s. Simonds place. He has a standing Offer
of thirty three and one-thrd per cent adj
vance upon the cost of it, but wants more
A similar piece of good fortune attended
him in the purchase of a place in Barre, some
years ago, which he yet owns. - Franz
Lougee is pleased with what he finds il
Nebraska. What he will say if a Nebrask;
cyclone chances to find him, later on, re
mains to be known Gf perchance ther'
should be any remains of him to be known
- Who is John Noman ?" is the it'll
of a novel just published by Cassell & Co
of New York and written by our younI
townsman, Charles Henry Beckett, now o
New York city. 1t is an attractive-lookin!
volume of three hundred eighteen pages
Price 81. We believe it is Mr.. Beckett
first venture in this field. AS yet we per
sonally have no clue to the story 60 Ed
j. Poor reports making 5000 pounds o
maple sugar this season - Our citizen
are naturally asking where in the villag
the railroad depot is likely to be located
Whether the Central Vermont Compan,